Cyber Resilience in an
Evolving Threat Landscape
Navigating the Future of Security with Strategic Leadership
25-26 March 2026
Day 1: 10:00-17:00Day 2: 09:00-14:00
De Hoek Country Hotel, Magaliesberg
In today’s digital-first world, CISOs stand at the frontline of organisational resilience. The threat landscape is growing more complex, where advanced attacks, regulatory pressure, and rapid technology shifts demand more than just tactical defence. They call for strategic leadership.
The CISO Retreat: Cyber Resilience in an Evolving Threat Landscape is an exclusive, intimate gathering designed specifically for senior security leaders. This retreat provides a rare opportunity for CISOs to step away from the day-to-day demands of operational firefighting and focus on forward looking strategy, peer exchange, and leadership development.
Through closed-door discussions, thought-provoking keynotes, and collaborative roundtable discussions, CISOs will explore how to anticipate emerging risks, strengthen resilience, and align security priorities with business objectives. More than an event, this is a leadership forum where trusted peers share experiences, challenges, and actionable insights in a confidential environment.
This retreat will address some of the below challenges commonly faced by CISOs:
Balancing Security with Business Agility: Enabling digital transformation, cloud adoption, and innovation without compromising security or slowing down business initiatives.
Communicating with the Board and Executives: Translating technical risk into business language and demonstrating ROI on security investments to senior leadership.
Incident Response and Recovery Readiness: Ensuring robust crisis management, detection, and rapid response capabilities to minimise the impact of inevitable breaches.
Third-Party and Supply Chain Risks: Managing the security posture of vendors, partners, and supply chains where vulnerabilities often lie outside direct control.
Sustaining Resilience, Not Just Defence: Shifting the mindset from preventing every attack to building adaptive resilience—anticipating, absorbing, and recovering from disruption.
Why should you attend?
Exclusive Access: An intimate retreat limited to CISOs and security executives for candid, high-value conversations.
Strategic Insight: Gain fresh perspectives on navigating new regulatory demands, disruptive technologies, and the ever-shifting cyber threat landscape.
Leadership Focus: Explore the evolving role of the CISO as a business leader, risk strategist, and board advisor.
Peer Networking: Build trusted relationships with fellow CISOs who face similar challenges and share practical strategies.
Future Readiness: Leave with actionable takeaways to shape a resilient, future-proof security strategy for your organisation.
Agenda
Who should attend?
This CISO (Chief Information Security Officer) retreat is by invitation only for a variety of senior-level and high-ranking individuals involved in cybersecurity, risk management, IT governance, and business strategy, including:
Venue
De Hoek Country Hotel is a 5 Star boutique hotel within an hour of Johannesburg and Pretoria on the banks of the Magalies River in Magaliesburg. Fine dining and personalised service is a hallmark of the Hotel. De Hoek Country Hotel’s fine dining experience is centred on an authentic yet nuanced interpretation of French-Continental cuisine.
Our location, amplified by manicured gardens and access to activities including tranquil walks, hot air ballooning horse riding, game drives and a fully equipped spa, makes for the perfect departure from the daily rush.
Art plays an important role in the aesthetic of De Hoek Country Hotel and to its owners. The work of South African artists adorn our rooms and suites, including Rest @ De Hoek, as well as The Conservatory Restaurant, the Bridge Bistro, the Manor House and elsewhere on the property.
Across the grounds are sculptures by Deborah Bell, a celebrated contemporary South African artist. She calls Magaliesburg home, and is a very good friend of De Hoek.
